A event held at Friendly Records on Thursday 10th November. The event starts at 19:30.
Art school Britain in the 60s and 70s - a hotbed of experimental DIY creativity blurring the lines between art and music.
In Blank Canvas, multi-genre musician turned university lecturer Dr Simon Strange paints a picture of the diverse range of people who broke down the barriers between art, life and the creative self.
In conversation with Simon will be Friendly's own bartender, shopkeeper & Friendly right hand man Benny for some pint in hand musings.
Tracing lines from the Bauhaus 'blank slate' through the white heat of the Velvet Underground and the cutting edge of the Slits, Blank Canvas draws on interviews with giants of the creative fields, across music, gender and race spectrums, from Brian Eno to Pauline Black, Cabaret Voltaire to Gaye Advert. Blank Canvas illustrates two decades erupting in a devastatingly diverse flow of outspoken originality.
Through this historical frame Simon questions whether modern day music education suffocates the soul and inhibits the impact of the bohemian artist and what lessons can be learnt from the relationship between art school education and the creative path towards cultural evolution of musicians.
With a Blank Canvas, anything is possible.
Dr Simon Strange is a musician, producer, photographer and socio-cultural academic who has been connected to Paris, Glasgow, London and Bristol music scenes across all genres. He is currently an associate lecturer at Bath Spa University, University of the West of England and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, specialising in creative development within popular music, searching for innovative creative arts, pedagogical philosophies and practices.
Punk & New Wave spinning on the decks until close.
Free entry, booking required.
Doors: 7:30pm
Entry requirements:
In Blank Canvas, multi-genre musician turned university lecturer Dr Simon Strange paints a picture of the diverse range of people who broke down the barriers between art, life and the creative self.
In conversation with Simon will be Friendly's own bartender, shopkeeper & Friendly right hand man Benny for some pint in hand musings.
Tracing lines from the Bauhaus 'blank slate' through the white heat of the Velvet Underground and the cutting edge of the Slits, Blank Canvas draws on interviews with giants of the creative fields, across music, gender and race spectrums, from Brian Eno to Pauline Black, Cabaret Voltaire to Gaye Advert. Blank Canvas illustrates two decades erupting in a devastatingly diverse flow of outspoken originality.
Through this historical frame Simon questions whether modern day music education suffocates the soul and inhibits the impact of the bohemian artist and what lessons can be learnt from the relationship between art school education and the creative path towards cultural evolution of musicians.
With a Blank Canvas, anything is possible.
Dr Simon Strange is a musician, producer, photographer and socio-cultural academic who has been connected to Paris, Glasgow, London and Bristol music scenes across all genres. He is currently an associate lecturer at Bath Spa University, University of the West of England and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, specialising in creative development within popular music, searching for innovative creative arts, pedagogical philosophies and practices.
Punk & New Wave spinning on the decks until close.
Free entry, booking required.
Doors: 7:30pm
Entry requirements: